Damper.



H. G. THOMPSON.

DAF-AIDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. II. Ism,

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Tbaiwhom/t may cwzcefma." v A Be 1t known that l, HENRY G. THOMPSON,

z-,eitiaen et the United' Stetesfof Ameficag residing at Cleveland', in the ceunty of Cuyahoga and State 0i Glue. have invented' Pei-tain new and useful Improvements in v Hampers, o which the following is a specilication.

This invention relat'esto the construction et a wire spindle'and a'slieet-.metal handle' vconnu-,tml vso that the handle 'is adapted for' rotating the' spindle. v,

The object ot :i construction entirely suitable for the pur'- pose intended and which "is particularly adapted for manufacture in quantities with a minimum expei'idituie foi laber sind materiale. l

lln the aoeompanying sheetv of' drawings which forms apartro this application the' invention is. illustrated meonnection withal damper for i'egulating the passage of gases hxjough a 'stovepipe in Whichy Figure l is. a plan showing. the handle,- and a portion of thespindle and 'damperplate located vin a stovepipe, Fig. 2 is a' side view-with the plate .in section -on theline lllll ef Fig. l, Fig. 3. is'e side View of the handle stamping partly formed, Fig. iis a. 'perspevtive ol the end of thev spindle 'te which the handle is attached.

' rlie "daznpe` cmnprises a cast platel 11 through which a spindlelmay be passed diameti'lcallyandthe two-locked together by nieens'of n. bend or projection 3 on th'e spindle, theprojection being held in a not-ch l'. inthe oastingby a spring 4. The spring is Speelcetion o Le the handleand spind the invention is te provide l the heed of.'the.spindle,v the llattened' eide' eb of the hea d,`if 'there is oneyis tumd toward the fold ef'the shank.v This fold Iis .set up -and sweged after the spindle has. been threaded 'through the' 'eye, and the head of the spindle is. thereby Vtightly-4ggi-ii`ipefl"and"M' the edge of rthe head'iartly inclosed sethat e mustfturn togethen The tight gripping of the head by the'shenlfi' and the'engage'ment of the at-side-.G the' headbeng each sumcient to insure the loek-v ing of the two so that they 'will tum te gether, and eithexj oi' both means o locking may loe `ifelied upon..

l do not restrict my lnvention to stov dainper's as-it is applicable te any use in 60,1 which a spindle requires to he provided with 'a handle. v i 'l l What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Stmme- 1. In a'damper, va. combination-of a daxn- 6 5". 'perplate,V a spindle having a head, avhandle for the spindle formed 'with a sheet metal'.

shank tightly felded over the'head, an eye'in the end of the shank through which thel Vvspindle passes,.a nd means for attachix'ig the-70 spindle and damper plate together, subst-mbv tially as described. y

2. 1n a damper, aeombmatlonof a. damper plate, Ya spindle having ahead Vflatteified I on one side, arhandle orthe spindle formed .75

with a sheet metal shank tightly folded over the flattened side of the head, an eye 'in the end 'of the shan-k through which the spindle passes, and means for attaching 'the spindle and damper plateftogether, substantially `as SO desci'ibed ASigned at' Cleveland, 'in the -countyj'of Cuyahoga., Stat@ i of l February, 1914. i 4

' HENRY G. THG?? vWitnesses: y

f WM. A.- MARBAQH,

UORAH. DAVIS. 

